-I/O psychology is the psychology applied to work
-The behavior of an individual in the work place
-Motivation to work and feelings about work
Psychology- scientific study of the behavior of people
-I/O is made up of two parts:
1) Research methodology used to discover things about work
2) Put them into work; apply
-Three major sub fields: personnel, organizational and human factors/ergonomics
1) Personnel Psychology – deals with the selection of personnel
-Performance appraisal, job analysis (backbone of I/O psychology)
-Training: understanding the job well enough to know who to hire and how well they are doing.
-Job attitudes: whether or not the employees are satisfied and committed.
2) Organizational Psychology
-Deals with leadership and work motivation
-Divide into teams and see how the group affects individuals.
3) Human Factors/ Ergonomics Psychology
-Human Ergonomics- study of the work place fitting the human
-studies the workplace and job designs, the......

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